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The three-dozen member Washington-Baltimore unit at the Center for Popular Democracy (CPB) has its first Guild contract, a three-year agreement unanimously ratified Feb. 17. “The CBA includes significant advances for Guild members,” said Local Representative Rick Ehrmann. “There’s a union-shop clause, grievance and arbitration procedures, annual pay-equity evaluations, cost-of-living adjustments, and paid family leave.” The agreement also features a stipulation limiting executive pay, Ehrmann said. Read more here.